FD to EF-S adpater... which one?

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Heya,

I'm definitly now looking to buy an adapter to attach my FD (old pre-digital canon lenses) lenses to my current Canon 450D...

I can't find one in any of my local tog shops including Warehouse express! Even on the web I'm struggling to find one - this excludes fleabay and other places alike.

Therefore I'm gonna have to resort to fleabay. I know what I'm looking for however there are different ones with a range of prices!

Candidate number 1: Click. £25.99

Candidate number 2: Click. £9.79

Candidate number 3: Click. £34.99


Which would be best -(I'm all up for MF) for which price?

Thanks for the help. :)
 
Well 2 won't infinity focus and says it's for macro only - 3 has AF confirm which personally I wouldn't be too bothered about.

I haven't used any of them though so take this with a pinch of salt :)
 
Thanks Grum... well I'll want infinity focus... none of the FD's auto focus anyway, so atm it'd be number one!
 
Pretty sure you will never be able to get infinity focus unless there's a bit of glass inbetween the lens and the sensor.

Basically whatever happens you're sacrificing either image quality or focus distance.

I'd personally go for number 2, primarily because it's cheapest.
 
So option number 1 would (currently) be best. With option 1 how would image quality be affected?

Thanks for the help guys I really appreciate it! :)
 
1st and third are the same, apart from a AF confirm chip on the expensive one. I bought one of these... primarily because of the bit of glass in there. The bloke's who's selling it is a canon trained tech, and had lenses made up especially - rather than some of the rather suspect quality stuff in the no-name ebay jobs. It works like a short tele-converter, something like a 1.25x and maybe loses a stop of light, but works with my EOS450D quite nicely, and also with my old EOS-3 film camera.



This was shot on the EOS-3 using the converter above and a Canon FD 70-210 4.0 wide open at an indicated 150mm - so maybe 190mm actual.

BTW - the focus confirm chip is not bad actually - i've got converter rings for other lenses that are fitted with them, and when you get the focus spot on, the focus hot-spots in the viewfinder will light up - anything to help manual focussing on a plain-frosted viewfinder like the 450D is welcome, certainly compared to the bright clear viewfinder (with the fresnel circle in the centre) you get on something like a A-1 (which these lenses are really designed for) :shrug: I may even try grafting one of the chips onto this adaptor when I get a quiet day to sort it out :)
 
TheBigYin said:
1st and third are the same, apart from a AF confirm chip on the expensive one. I bought one of these... primarily because of the bit of glass in there. The bloke's who's selling it is a canon trained tech, and had lenses made up especially - rather than some of the rather suspect quality stuff in the no-name ebay jobs. It works like a short tele-converter, something like a 1.25x and maybe loses a stop of light, but works with my EOS450D quite nicely, and also with my old EOS-3 film camera.

This was shot on the EOS-3 using the converter above and a Canon FD 70-210 4.0 wide open at an indicated 150mm - so maybe 190mm actual.

BTW - the focus confirm chip is not bad actually - i've got converter rings for other lenses that are fitted with them, and when you get the focus spot on, the focus hot-spots in the viewfinder will light up - anything to help manual focussing on a plain-frosted viewfinder like the 450D is welcome, certainly compared to the bright clear viewfinder (with the fresnel circle in the centre) you get on something like a A-1 (which these lenses are really designed for) :shrug: I may even try grafting one of the chips onto this adaptor when I get a quiet day to sort it out :)
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Thank you for that...

So at least this guys seems trust worthy!
Ah with the AFchip this may sway me a bit! I might now end up going for option 3. I looks like a pretty solid bit of kit too! :)
 
norvic-boy said:
Thank you for that...

So at least this guys seems trust worthy!
Ah with the AFchip this may sway me a bit! I might now end up going for option 3. I looks like a pretty solid bit of kit too! :)
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The one I flagged up from "thelensdoctors" are pretty good - they're not af confirm - though I understand he's got some AF confirm units in production at the moment - he had a few on sale but they were in the region of £60, rather than the £40 one I bought. The bit that swayed me was the fact it was also good to work with full frame kit, so it'd be good with my film EOS as well as my 450D. I did actually consider the one's you flagged up (#1 and #3) but decided the £15 difference was negligeable compared to a mirror repair on the EOS-3.
 
Nod said:
http://www.srb-griturn.com/canon-fd-lenses-on-canon-eos-cameras-1204-p.asp

Not a cheap option but from what I've heard, they take adaptors like those available from e-bay and check/adjust them so they work properly. Of course, e-bay ones may work OK out of the box if you're willing to take the gamble.
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That's pretty much what the guy I mentioned does - replaces the cheap glass with proper Hoya Ultra Dispersion Glass to his specification. I can actually vouch for the fact that it works well - I've 3 FD lenses a 28mm,50mm and 70-210 and all three will produce sharp clear images and all focus to infinity. Apparently, the lens is also removeable for macro use, though as I've got other kit for that purpose i've not checked this.


 
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